Deuteronomy 20:4

For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

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In The King James Version

For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

In Context

3And shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day to battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

5And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he should die in the battle, and another man should dedicate it.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Deuteronomy 3:22Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.

Deuteronomy 32:30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

Joshua 10:42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time; because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

1 Samuel 14:23So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over to Beth-aven.

2 Chronicles 13:12And behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye will not prosper.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 20:2-10

Directions Concerning War; Persons Excused from War. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your… Read the whole commentary →

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